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| Author: | 2CViking [ November 23rd, 2013, 2:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Coil |
2 year old coil (20.000 clicks) failed today. Did a 25 km trip, stopped for 5 mins and couldn't start again. Lifted the bonnet, nothing wrong. Swapped the wires on the coil and pulled the starter cable. Voila started straight away, why? |
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| Author: | Sean [ November 23rd, 2013, 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
coil or Plugs? thats the old trick for getting the plugs to wear evenly, or if its not been done as routine it gets the car started by making the other plug work for a living. |
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| Author: | 2CViking [ November 23rd, 2013, 3:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
No plugs replaced just before heading for Spain. Done bugger all same for leads? |
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| Author: | lpgo [ November 23rd, 2013, 3:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
With points the coil will always overload, so that goes all into the capacitor (well till some level), so when your capacitor gets bad, your coil is getting cooked little by little and the suddenly after a few monhts your car won't start...... reversing the current (what you did) can help for a while..... put in a good quality capacitor........ or something you don't like (has something to do with electronics and ignition) 
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| Author: | Sean [ November 23rd, 2013, 5:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
Viking why is it always your car that defies all the usual logic  :DDid you actually look at the plugs lately? Which plugs do you run? The 3000km to Spain and back would be enough to kill off equiems in my experience ( never liked them) - and as your van seems to be doing other odd things perhaps it was plug fouling? |
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| Author: | 2CViking [ November 23rd, 2013, 8:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
Pull them out..  That's a massive job  Running NGK.... Service coming up before leaving for Denmark at Christmas |
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| Author: | 2CViking [ November 23rd, 2013, 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
Sean wrote: Viking why is it always your car that defies all the usual logic :D?B'kors I do things right
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| Author: | lpgo [ November 23rd, 2013, 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
Take Champions then.... |
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| Author: | nodmoz [ November 25th, 2013, 5:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
Perhaps it's just fucked? |
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| Author: | Pony [ November 26th, 2013, 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Coil |
I only now use Harley Coils by Roy ecas and have been using them for in excess of 7 years the yellow coil has never failed me even under 500 mm of water and have fitted more than 100 of them Chuck the Citroen shit in the rubbish invest and move up!! PS i never fit points sets as too many condensers Fail and i cant be arsed to do a job twice previously 123 and now i will start going onto 12 Spark pony |
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